"The roads of love" on the pastoral care with LGBT people

TheLi Piagge editions of Florence made the PDF of the book “The roads of love. Pastoral care and social justice for homosexual and transsexual people " (Edizioni Piagge, September 2015), exhausted for some time in the bookstore, of which i volunteers of the Gionata project The translation of numerous chapters made for the publisher.

"The streets of love", Collects the documents of thehomonymous international theological conference (Rome, 3 October 2014) On the pastoral care of homosexual and transsexual people and their parents. A very current theme in the Catholic Church with the pontificate of Pope Francis and in the evangelical churches that want to be places of welcome, justice and equality in diversity.

The 143 pages of the book enclose two short essays and eight well -kept relationships: by the Catholic theologian James Alison, by Francis Debernardo of New Way Ministry (USA); from Jules Charles Eloundou by Humanity First Truck (Africa); from Gianni Geraci of the group of Christians LGBT Il Guado di Milano; from Joseanne Peregin, a Catholic mother with Drachma's LGBT son (Malta);André du Plessis of Ilga International; by the theologian Sister Antonietta powerful; by Geoffrey James Robinson, Emeritus auxiliary bishop of the Catholic archdiocese of Sydney (Australia); from Andrea Rubera of the group of Christians LGBT new proposal of Rome; from the theologian and Pastora Letizia Tomassone of the Valdese Faculty of Theology of Rome; and collects in the appendix two documents of pastoral address already presented at the Synod of the bishops on the family (4-25 October 2015).

A text in which Catholic and evangelical theologians, Catholic bishops and evangelical shepherds, the LGBT Catholics and their parents concretely confront the theme of welcome in our Christian communities.

Happy reading and passatarola. To download the book for free for free click here (PDF files)

Index of the volume "The roads of love"

• In the Church and for the Church: to be homosexual and Catholic following the magisterium of the Church (Gianni Geraci)
• The barriers to joy and hope: the point of view of believing LGBT people (Andrea Rubera)
• The streets of God: towards a new understanding of life and homosexual love (Geoffrey James Robinson)
• Peter's dream: towards the inclusion of homosexuals and transsexuals in Catholic communities (James Alison)
• From exile to inclusion, from waiting to participation: a new approach to LGBT people (powerful antonietta)
• Il percorso delle chiese protestanti, dal pregiudizio all’inclusione completa delle persone LGBT (Letizia Tomassone)
• The fears and hopes of a Catholic mother of a gay boy. The point of view of a parent (Joseanne Peregin)
• A Catholic perspective on the laws that criminalize homosexuality (Francis Debernardo)
• Treating the vineyard: international constructive approaches to face violence, criminalization and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (André du Plessis)
• Stigma and discrimination of LGBT people in Cameroon: the role of the local Catholic Church (Ules Charles Eloundou)

Pastoral address documents

• The proposals of Italian Christian homosexuals at the extraordinary Synod on the 2014 family: for a pastoral welcome of homosexual and transsexual people;
• The Chilean experience of a Catholic pastoral care for the welcome of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals

The roads of love. Pastoral care and social justice for homosexual and transsexual people

James Alison – Francis DeBernardo – Jules Charles Eloundou – Gianni Geraci Joseanne Peregin – André du Plessis Antonietta Potente – Geoffrey James Robinson Andrea Rubera – Letizia Tomassone, Edizioni Le Piagge, settembre 2015, 143 pagine